Draw Phase, Turn 3
Blueblood knew that the advantage was now his. In one move he had successfully pushed Dash into a corner. Dash's Harpies were only as strong as they are because of effects. Where as his dragon was naturally powerful, and he was about to prove it.
“Red Dragon Archfiend, attack her Harpie Lady 1! Scorching Crimson Flare!” He yelled.
A large ball of fire formed above the dragons hand. It roared as it unleashed its attack upon the Harpie, which promptly burst into flame before being destroyed.
Life Points:
Dash: 3400
“Not so cocky now, are you? I end my turn.” Blueblood said.
Dash drew her card, “First off, I play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards. I have to thank you for destroying my Harpie. I'll show you why. I play the spell card Soul Release. With this I can remove up to five cards in my graveyard from play. I'll remove my Dragon Dwelling in the Cave. Now I play Solidarity. Since I only have one type of monster in my graveyard, all monsters of that type on my side of the field gain 800 attack points.”
Harpie Lady 1, Attack: 2900
“Now I'll enter my battle phase. Harpie lady 1, attack Red Dragon Archfiend!”
“Are you daft girl? My dragon still has 100 more attack power than your Harpie. What point is there in attacking?” Blueblood asked.
“That's why I activate my face down card, Reinforcements. My monster now gains an extra 500 attack points until the end of my turn.” Dash explained as a group of soldiers appeared behind her monster. The Harpie pointed one of its talon clad hands at the Dragon. The soldiers around her charged and attacked Blueblood's monster. They were then followed by the Harpie, who dealt the final blow.
Life Points:
Blueblood: 3200
“I'll end my turn. Your move Edward.” Dash stated calmly.
He drew his next card in an excessive fashion before saying, “I am a prince! You will address me as such! I play one card face down, and set one monster in face down defense position.” He looked through his hand multiple times. “I... I end my turn...”
“My move. I play Elegant Egotist to summon my Harpie Lady Sisters from my deck.” Just as she finished saying it, three Harpies appeared. The only thing making each different from the next was their hair.
Harpie Lady Sisters, Attack: 3050
“My Harpie Lady 1 will attack your face down monster.”
The Harpie reached the card and destroyed it just as it appeared. The monster had been a small pink puff ball.
“Pfft Bwahahaha! You have a Watapon in your deck? Why, just why?” Dash was doubled over in laughter.
“It... I... Only real men use Watapon!” Bluebood stuttered.
“Okay, if you say so.” She stiffled another laugh before saying, “ My Harpie Lady Sisters attack your life points directly.”
Life Points:
Blueblood: 150
“I end my turn.” Dash said.
“Urgh! I can't lose to this... this peasant! I draw a card!” His frown became a bigger frown as he looked at his new card, but then it transformed into his famous arrogant smile. “I play one card face down. I end my turn.” He stated, his emotions now under control.
“My move? No monsters? Well I guess I'll draw-” She was interrupted.
Blueblood flipped one of his face down cards. “ I activate the trap card Descending Lost Star. By its effect I can revive my Red Dragon Archfiend in defense position. It However loses its effect, its defense points go down to nil, and its stars go down by one.”
“What's the point? I'll just destroy it and go for your life points.” Dash queried.
“This is the point.” He flipped his remaining face down, “I now play Assault Mode Activate. By offering up my Red Dragon, I can special summon a monster of the same name that also has Assault Mode in its name from my deck. Remember how I said my Red Dragon was my strongest monster? Technically, I didn't lie. It is my best monster, just not in that form. I summon my Red Dragon Archfiend Assault Mode! What now peasant?”
Red Dragon Archfiend Assault Mode, Attack: 3500
Dash seemed unimpressed. “Is that all?” She asked.
“Um... yes. Yes it is.” Blueblood replied.
“In that case, I tribute my two monsters to summon Simorgh, Bird of Divinity! While he's on the field we both take 1000 life point
damage during each end phase. This damage is decreased by 500 for each spell or trap card we control. I control two, you have none. I end my turn.”
Life Points:
Blueblood: 0
“N- No! This is impossible! I only have the best and rarest cards! I can't lose to you! I... I... ah...” Blueblood promptly fainted, and
managed to smack his head against the dueling platform on his way to the floor.
Princess Luna stood in the crowd, her hand collided with her forehead as she saw the scene unfolding before her. Blueblood had always had a flare for the dramatic, but this was ridiculous.
Cedric Discord turned to the crowd and said, “Let's hear a round of applause for our first victor! Come on every one! I know you can clap, you all have hands!”
Most of the crowd began clapping, some hoping they wouldn't have to duel Dash. Dash grabbed her deck and slid it into a small case. Derpy ran down and met Dash with a hug.
“That was amazing Dash! I knew that you'd win, but I didn't think it would be that easy.” Derpy said, a huge grin on her face.
Dash rubbed her index finger under her nose in a truly anime like fashion as she said, “Yeah, I'm pretty awesome sometimes. Wait, what am I saying? I'm awesome all the time!”
Discord interrupted them, “Alright everyone! This is an excellent time for another duel, so I'm going to say that there will be a twenty minute break.” His goofy grin reappeared.
Almost everyone laughed at this as Discord walked through the exit. Luna stayed behind to wake up her nephew. Dash and Derpy followed the rest of the crowd as they followed Discord. When they reached the main room it resembled how it was when they had first seen it. Derpy wandered off when she saw a buffet table had been set up. Dash was on her way to the center table when a women with long greyish black hair approached her. She was dressed in a silky white shirt with sleeves that ended just below her elbows, a formal black vest over it, and black tuxedo style pants. She also wore a treble cleft pendant around her neck
“That was quite an impressive duel miss Dash.” The women said. “My name is Octavia Philharmonica, it's a pleasure to meet you.” She extended her hand and Dash shook it.
“Hey, you're that famous cellist, right?” Dash realized, “I love the mash-ups you do with DJ Pon-3! Just something about cellos and dub-step makes them great together.” She stopped and thought for a moment, “I didn't know that you played duel monsters.”
Octavia smiled and said, “Well I started playing only recently. Vinyl brought a couple of deck with her to one of our recording sessions, and we played a few games. I'm not as good as her but I'm not bad. I think that you're probably better than Vinyl, considering the way you handled Blueblood.” She stated.
“That, oh that was nothing special. He just had some really good cards. I don't think he had any real experience at the game.” Dash explained.
Octavia seemed unconvinced, “Regardless, that Red Dragon of his was a powerful foe. You destroyed it with a four star monster and didn't even take a moment to think it over. You knew what you were doing instinctively. It was like some one was writing the whole duel, and had planned the whole thing before hand.” Both women turned their heads and stared into the distance.
After a few moments had passed, Dash asked, “What are we looking at?”
“I, uh... I don't actually know...” Octavia replied.
Dash turned back to Octavia and said, “Well I should go check on my friend, make sure she doesn't over do herself.”
“Alright, it was a pleasure meeting you miss Dash.” Octavia said as Dash turned to find Derpy, who was still at the buffet table.
***
Derpy was enjoying one of the various kinds of muffins on the table. 'Pumpkin' she thought to herself, 'is definitely the king of all muffins.' Her thoughts were interrupted by a very exited looking green haired girl, in a .
“Oh, hey, hi! I'm Lyra, what's your name?” The girl asked.
The startled parcel mistress replied, “Er, hi. My name is Derpy. Nice to meet you Lyra.”
Lyra grabbed Derpy's free hand and shook it vigorously while saying, “Really nice to meet you too Derpy! I see you like muffins. My roommate makes really good muffins. Have you met her? Her name is Bon Bo-”
She was interrupted by a women with blue and pink hair. “Lyra! Calm down! I know you like meeting new people, but that doesn't mean that you need to talk the poor girl's ear off.”
Lyra deflated slightly, released her grip on Derpy's hand, and said, “Whoops... sorry about that Derpy. Bon Bon is right. I get pretty carried away sometimes... This is Bon Bon by the way.” She pointed at the women with dual colored hair.
“Hi Bon Bon, I'm Derpy. Nice to meet you.” Derpy extended her hand.
Bon Bon Shook Derpy's hand and said. “Nice to meet you too. Sorry, but we can't stay and chat. I need to talk to Lyra about a few things.” She tapped Lyra's shoulder and pointed towards an empty corner of the room. Lyra waved her good bye to Derpy and followed Bon Bon.
A few moments later Dash walked over to the table. She leaned against the table next to Derpy and looked around.
“Pretty interesting group of duelists. We've got royalty, musicians, magicians, and who knows what else?” Dash turned to Derpy, “I wonder who's gonna duel next. I've gotta wait until the next round for my next game... I hate waiting.” She knitted her brow.
Derpy looked at her watch, “It's about 10:50 right now. The break should be over soon.” She said.
“I hope so. I wanna see some action.” Dash said as Discord re-entered the room.
Discord walked to the center of the room, shook his head, and walked to the left a few steps. He then addressed the small crowd of duelists. “Hello everybody! Who wants to play the next card game?” He paused, and some of the duelists raised their hands.
“I would pick two of you, but I have this handy roster here with everyone on it.” There were a few disappointed faces in the crowd. He continued, “The next duel is miss Lyra Heartstrings...” He paused as though he had expected Lyra's jubilant outburst.
“Aw yeah! Card game time!” She yelled from the back of the crowd.
Discord continued again, “Heh-hem. Yes miss Lyra Heartstrings versus Dj Pon-3, also known as miss Vinyl Scratch.”
In the crowd, a girl with electric blue hair and sunglasses took off the large headphones she had been wearing. Loud dubstep music, that had previously been inaudible, poured from the head mounted speakers.
“You said my name right? Never been very good at reading lips.” Vinyl Scratch said.
Discord nodded, Vinyl smiled. Everyone then walked down the hallway back to the dome.
“One quick thing before we start. There are, in fact, bleachers. You don't have to stand and watch the duel, you can sit if you wish.” Discord added.
Lyra and Vinyl walked to their opposite sides of the arena. The holographic grid activated and both players yelled, “Duel!”
End Phase, Turn 3